boot money

English

Noun

boot money (uncountable)

  1. (sports, slang) Bribes paid to rugby or soccer players.
    • 2000, Frank Galligan, Advanced PE for Edexcel, page 240:
      In New Zealand and South Africa, as well as in Australia, rugby, for many years the subject of allegations of under-the-counter payments and 'boot money', now also has a central position in the professionally orientated sporting establishment.
    • 2001, Keir Radnedge, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer:
      For years, the little tax-free extras or inducements took the form of “boot money” – a few notes left surreptitiously in a player's boot […]
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